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2009-2010   Fellows Bios FY10
Literary Arts

  • William Cowee, poetry, Carson City
  • Robert Leonard Reid, creative prose/non-fiction, Carson City

Performing Arts

  • Christopher Wrede, dance/performance, Reno                   

Visual Arts

  • Elaine Parks, sculpture, Tuscarora
  • Miguel Rodriguez, sculpture, Las Vegas

2008-2009     Fellows Bios FY09
Literary Arts:

  • Constance Ford, Las Vegas, fiction
  • Jacqueline Lyons, Las Vegas, non-fiction
  • George Perreault, Reno, poetry
Performing Arts:
  • Rosine Bena, Genoa, choreography
  • Joshua Jessup, Minden, theater performance
  • Aaron Pellegrini, Yerington, composition
Visual Arts:
  • Candace Nicol, Sparks, mixed media,
  • Heather Protz, North Las Vegas, photography
  • Mary Warner, Las Vegas, painting
2007-2008    Fellows Bios FY08
Literary Arts:
  • Cindie Geddes, Reno, fiction
  • Matthew O'Brien, Las Vegas, non-fiction
  • Benjamin S. Rogers, Reno, fiction
Performing Arts:              
  • Karen Haid, Las Vegas, music performance
  • Bernard J. Jackson, Las Vegas, dance performance
  • Cristina Natsuko Paulos, Henderson, theater performance
Visual Arts:
  • Rebekah Bogard, Reno, scupture
  • Shan Michael Evans, Las Vegas, media arts 
  • Erik Lauritzen,  Reno, photography
2007 - 2006     Fellows Bios FY07
Literary Arts
  • Krista Benjamin, Carson City, fiction
  • Tara Bray, Reno, poetry
  • Teresa Breeden, Carson City, poetry
Performing Arts
  • Jorge Grossman, Henderson, music
  • Seth Horan, Reno, music
  • Richard Soule, Las Vegas, music
Visual Arts
  • Stephen Hendee, Las Vegas. sculpture
  • Zoltan Janvary,  Reno, printmaking
  • Nolan Preece, Reno, photography
2006 - 2005     Fellows Bios FY06
Literary Arts
  • Adam Henry Carriere, Las Vegas, poetry
  • Shawn Overton, Las Vegas, playwriting
  • Gretchen Skivington, Spring Creek, fiction
Performing Arts
  • Margot Mink Colbert, Las Vegas, choreography
  • Chad Twedt, Reno, music
  • Catherine Cotter, Reno, music
Visual Arts
  • Catherine Borg, Las Vegas, interdisciplinary
  • Dean Burton, Reno, photography
  • Tamara Scronce, Reno, sculpture
2005 - 2004
Literary Arts
  • Gregory Crosby, Las Vegas, poetry
  • Annie Reed, Sparks, fiction
Performing Arts
  • Kelly Roth, Las Vegas, choreography
  • Eugene Shapiro, Las Vegas, music
Visual Arts
  • Rebekah Bogard, Las Vegas, sculpture
  • Philippe Mazaud, Reno, photography
2003-2004
Literary Arts
  • Lilace Mellin Guignard, Reno, poetry
  • Brad Summerhill, Reno, fiction
Performing Arts
  • Cameron Crain, Reno, theater
  • Daniel Rosen, Stateline, music
Visual Arts
  • Cara Cole, Las Vegas, photography
  • Elaine Parks, Tuscarora, mixed media
2002-2003
Literary Arts
  • Janet Koenen, Zephyr Cove, poetry
  • Donald Revell, Las Vegas, poetry
Performing Arts
  • Stephen Caplan, Henderson, music
  • Nils Stefan Karlsson, Henderson, music
Visual Arts
  • Ben Parks, Tuscarora, ceramics
  • Michael Sarich, Reno, mixed media
2001-2002
Literary Arts
  • Roy A. Chavez Alvarado, Carson City, poetry
  • Dayvid Figler, Las Vegas, poetry (funded by the Hilliard Endowment Foundation)
  • Joanna Frueh, Reno, non-fiction
Performing Arts
  • Cathy Allen, Las Vegas, choreography
  • Virko Baley, Las Vegas, music
Visual Arts
  • Robert Beckmann, Henderson, painting
  • Diane Bush, Las Vegas, photography/new genre
2000- 2001
Literary Arts
  • Bill Stobb, Reno, poetry
  • Karenmary Penn, Las Vegas, fiction
  • Gary Short, Virginia City, poetry (funded by the Hilliard Endowment Foundation)
Performing Arts
  • Bill Bernatis, Las Vegas, music
  • Maggie Winn-Jones, Las Vegas, theater
  • James Winn, Las Vegas, music (funded by the Southern Nevada Community Foundation)
Visual Arts
  • Catherine Angel, Las Vegas, photography
  • Russell Dudley, Reno, sculpture
  • Wayne Littlejohn, Las Vegas, sculpture (funded by Mirage Resorts, Inc.)
1999-2000
Literary Arts
  • Marybeth Goddard, Reno, fiction
  • Larry Ollivier, Reno, poetry (funded by the Hilliard Endowment Foundation)
  • Barbara Wies, Carson City, non-fiction
Performing Arts
  • Walter Blanton, Las Vegas, music composition
  • Steven Caplan, Las Vegas, music performance
Visual Arts
  • Joseph DeLappe, Reno, digital media (funded by Mirgage Resorts, Inc.)
  • Fred Reid, Reno, sculpture
  • Chad Simmons, Las Vegas, film/video
1998-1999
Literary Arts
  • Charlie Buck, Reno, fiction
  • Lenadams Dorris, Las Vegas, poetry
Performing Arts
  • Nick Rissman, Las Vegas, music
  • Kim Russell, Las Vegas, theater
Visual Arts
  • Suzanne Kanatsiz, Reno, sculpture
  • Christine Karkow, Reno, painting
1997-1998
Literary Arts
  • Bill Cowee, Carson City, poetry
  • Kelli Nicolato, Reno, fiction
Performing Arts
  • Victoria Dale, Henderson, choreography
  • Dayvid Figler, Henderson, performance art
Visual Arts
  • Dennis Angel, Henderson, painting
  • Christine Siemens, Las Vegas, sculpture
1996-1997
Literary Arts
  • Gary Short, Virginia City, poetry
  • Erica Vital, Las Vegas, fiction
Performing Arts
  • Virko Baley, Las Vegas, music
  • Ralph Perkins, Las Vegas, choreography
Visual Arts
  • Paul Ford, Minden, crafts
  • Joanne Peden, Reno, film/video
1995-1996
Literary Arts
  • Charlie Buck, Virginia City, non-fiction
Performing Arts
  • Cathy Allen, Las Vegas, choreography
  • Walter Blanton, Las Vegas, music
Visual Arts
  • Philip Argent, Las Vegas painting
  • Joseph DeLappe, Reno digital media
1994-1995
Literary Arts
  • Teresa Jordan, Deeth, non-fiction
Visual Arts
  • Catherine Angel, Las Vegas, photography
  • David Andersen, Reno, painting
  • Robert Morrison, Reno, sculpture
1993-1994
Performing Arts
  • Virko Baley, Las Vegas, music
  • Steve Caplan, Las Vegas, music
  • Carl Fontana, Las Vegas, music
  • Vassili Sulich, Las Vegas, dance
  • L. Martina Young, Reno, dance
1992-1993
Literary Arts
  • Gailmarie Pahmeier, Reno, poetry
  • Gary Short, Virginia City, poetry
Visual Arts
  • Tom Holder, Henderson, painting
  • Erik Lauritzen, Reno, photography
  • Mary Warner, Las Vegas, painting
1991-1992
Performing Arts
  • Jerry Crawford, Las Vegas, playwright
  • Carol Kimball, Las Vegas, music
  • Richard Soule, Las Vegas, music
1990-1991
Literary Arts
  • Patricia McConnell, Las Vegas, fiction
  • Sam Michel, Reno, fiction
Visual Arts
  • Robert Beckmann, Las Vegas, painting
  • Jose Bellver, Henderson, painting
1989-1990
Performing Arts
  • Virko Baley, Las Vegas, music
  • Beth Mehocic, Las Vegas, music
  • Paul "Red" Shuttleworth, Las Vegas, playwright
  • Brian Strom, Las Vegas, theater
  • L. Martina Young, Reno, dance
1988-1989
Literary Arts
  • Gailmarie Pahmeier, Reno, poetry
Visual Arts
  • Mary Ann Bonjorni, Fallon, painting
  • Peter Goin, Reno, photography
  • Walter McNamara, Reno, sculpture
  • Robert Morrison, Reno, sculpture